A new video messages feature is launched this week for Skype by Mircrosoft according to theverge.com. Video Messages lets Android, iOS and Mac Skype users to send up to 3 minutes videos. Windows and Windows Phone users will receive this update by the end of April according to a Skype spokesperson.

Skype Video Messages feature is part of Skype Premium. After 20 free messages you'll have to subscribe to Skype Premium for $4.99 a month to continue using the feature.

What do you think about it? Are you using a similar service to send offline video messages?